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11/23/2018 What is CSCS? • A Skills Certification Scheme introduced in 1995, construction operatives, supervisors and managers. • Provides the construction industry with a means of verifying qualifications and training. The UK Construction Industry’s • Shows they have a basic level of health and safety awareness. Leading Certification • Focuses on individual rather than the company. Card Scheme CSCS Scheme Aims What is CSCS? • Encourage development of a trained and qualified UK Owned by the UK Construction industry. construction workforce Members of the company include representatives from: • All site workers to hold the right CSCS card for the work • Build UK they undertake • Construction Industry Council • Construction Clients Group • Construction contractors and clients to understand and • Civil Engineering Contractors Association maximise potential benefits a qualified, smart-carded • Federation of Master Builders workforce can bring to their business • GMB Trade Union • Unite the Union • Principal contractors to carry out more rigorous on-site checks using smart technology 1

11/23/2018 Industrial Strategy: Most UK principal contractors and home Construction 2025 builders require CSCS cards to be held by all on-site workers as proof of their training and • agreeing appropriate qualifications qualifications for each occupation setting a minimum • Over 2 million CSCS card • holders standard for skilled occupations at NVQ • 30 partner schemes Level 2 including plant, electrical, • introducing smart scaffold and demolition technology by 2020. Growth and Scope of Scheme Date Card Holders Occupations 01 April 1995 0 5 31 December 1995 800 10 31 December 2001 165,000 47 31 December 2005 816,000 250 31 December 2007 1,135,000 325 31 December 2011 1,710,000 365 31 December 2014 1,866,661 397 www.builduk.org/TrainingStandard 31 October 2018 2,027,589 625 2

11/23/2018 Cards Available How to Apply for a CSCS card? Labourer card for Gold skilled card for a Applicant must have one of the following: general site workers Level 3 achievers or equivalent • N/SVQ in selected trade Black card based on Red trainee card for Level 4 or 5 for • Apprenticeship (Operatives Only) individuals registered for managers a qualification • Academic Qualification Experienced worker card. Academically Qualified • Experienced Worker / Manager Must have employer Person card recommendation and be • Professional Membership registered for qualification • Assessed Route – working with FCS to develop this Professionally Qualified Blue skilled card for NVQ Person card for site 2 achievers or equivalent ALL ROUTES REQUIRE A PASS IN THE HEALTH & SAFETY TEST based professionals How to Apply for a CSCS card? How to Apply for a CSCS card? Health, Safety and Environment Test Health, Safety and Environment Test • Undertaken every 5 years before a card will be issued •Covers 14 areas including… • Test of retained health and safety knowledge – General Responsibilities • All questions published in advance – Accident Prevention and Reporting • Training not a requirement – how card holder acquires – Health and Welfare knowledge up to them and their employer – Manual Handling • Test increases in standard for level of card holder – Working at Height – Operative – Personal Protective Equipment – Supervisor – Noise and Vibration – Manager and Professional – Excavations and Confined Spaces 3

11/23/2018 How SmartCards work SmartCards – What are they? SmartCards can be read using an enabled smartphone, tablet device or card reader connected to a laptop or PC Over 1.5 million CSCS cards can now be checked electronically What can SmartCards be used for? CSCS SmartCard Industry Benefits • checking CSCS card validity • verifying qualifications held • access control Check CSCS details Issue one card for Reduce in seconds multiple purposes admin • recording training • monitoring time and attendance Cut costs and increase efficiencies • bespoke applications 4

11/23/2018 What’s going on? Priorities 2018 – 2020 • Industry Accreditation • New Technology platform for delivery of the scheme www.cscs.uk.com 5